Gallery: Bangladesh garment-factory collapse

Justin Sullivan, Getty Images04.26.2013

Protesters hold photos of Bangladeshi workers during a demonstration outside Gap Inc. headquarters on April 25 in San Francisco. Dozens of protesters staged a demonstration outside of the Gap Inc. headquarters demanding that the retail clothing giant improve working conditions in their manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh.

Justin Sullivan
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A Bangladeshi rescue worker walks past a picture of a missing worker at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26. By Friday, the death toll reached at least 270 people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of an eight-story building that housed several garment factories splintered into a pile of concrete.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

A Bangladeshi woman weeps as she holds a picture of her and her missing husband as she waits at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

Bangladeshi relatives of missing workers wait at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

A Bangladeshi volunteer looks at the rubble 48 hours after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 26. At the disaster scene, where nearly 300 have been found dead, exhausted teams of soldiers, firemen and volunteers continued to work through the mountain of mangled concrete and steel.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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A Bangladeshi garment worker who was pulled alive from the rubble is wheeled on a stretcher at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

A Bangladeshi relative of a missing worker, right, cries as she holds his photo as they wait at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26. The death toll reached hundreds of people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of an eight-story building that housed several garment factories splintered into a pile of concrete.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

Bangladeshi rescue workers work at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

Bangladeshi army personal carry a survivor after he was recovered, 48 hours later, from the rubble of a collapsed eight-storey building in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, April 26.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Bangladeshi rescue workers and media fall on top of each other in a stampede after the crowd panicked when someone shouted a section of building might collapse, at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26.Kevin Frayer
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A protester lays on the ground wrapped in a sheet during a demonstration outside of the Gap Inc. headquarters on April 25 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of protesters staged a demonstration demanding that the retail clothing giant improve working conditions in their manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh. Since 2006, at least 600 Bangladeshi garment workers have died in fires and building collapses due to unsafe working conditions and poorly maintained facilities.Justin Sullivan
/ Getty Images

Bangladeshi army personal and police run as villagers chase them, after relatives burst into angry protests, at the disaster site of an eight-storey building collapsed 48 hours earlier in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, April 26. Amid frustration about the slow pace of the efforts, thousands of anxious relatives burst onto the disaster site, prompting police to fire tear gas to disperse the crowd.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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A Bangladeshi rescue worker, who was injured during a stampede caused by crowd panic over the rumour a section of the building might collapse, is carried at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

A Bangladeshi relative of a missing garment worker cries as she waits for news of the missing after the collapse of an eight-storey building in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 26.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Bangladeshi relatives of missing workers wait at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

A Bangladeshi female survivor is lifted out of the rubble by rescuers at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 25.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

Bangladeshi rescuers work at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

A Bangladeshi woman shows a portrait of her missing twin sister, believed trapped in the rubble 48 hours after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 26. At the disaster scene firemen and volunteers stayed on the job for a second straight night.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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A Bangladeshi woman weeps as she holds a picture of her and her missing husband as she waits at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

Protesters chant as they march around the Gap Inc. headquarters during a demonstration on April 25 in San Francisco, California. Dozens of protesters staged a demonstration outside of the Gap Inc. headquarters demanding that the retail clothing giant improve working conditions in their manufacturing facilities in Bangladesh. Since 2006, at least 600 Bangladeshi garment workers have died in fires and building collapses due to unsafe working conditions and poorly maintained facilities.Justin Sullivan
/ Getty Images

Bangladeshi police fire tear gas after relatives of the missing and dead burst into angry protests at the disaster site of an eight-storey building that collapsed 48 hours earlier in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 26. At the disaster scene, exhausted teams of soldiers, firemen and volunteers continued to work through the mountain of mangled concrete and steel for a third day after staying on the job for a second straight night.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
/ AFP/Getty Images

Bangladeshi rescue workers carry a garment worker who was pulled alive from the rubble at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 26, 2013. Crews bored deeper Friday into the wreckage of a garment-factory building that collapsed two days earlier, hoping for miracle rescues that would prevent the death toll from rising much higher, as angry relatives of the missing clashed with police.Kevin Frayer
/ AP

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